Anyone Remember that Funky Spring Character that Covers Text?

[Net]

Someone posted it here a while ago. It looks like a spring and it grows beyond the line its typed on.

 

[Rakehellion]

What?

 

[Jaepheth]

You mean Zalgo?

Z̵̛̹̦͙̲̦̣̳͎͆̾ͤÃ̢͇̲̟̭͓͎͑̾̈́ͧͬ͐̋ͧͩ̿̆͐͜͢L̡̝̠̖͔̭͑ͩͭͨͨ͒̊̃̅ͪ̓̈́ͪ͐͛̚͝G̨̝̯̥̲̣̜̽̾̾͂̊̍̈́̀͌̏̿̎̈́̋̓͜͞Ǫ̷̵̵̣̣͔̖̦̩̤̹̭̦̔ͭ̓͒͛ͪͮͮ͐̄͊ͮ͆ͩ͑͆͛ͬ̾͜ exploits UNICODE combining characters (§2.11) to achieve the effect.

 

[mcurphy]

Yeah, I remember it. Some user also had used it in the text next to their avatar. Don't remember who though.

 

[Printer Bandit]

what kind of black magic is that?

 

[waffleironhead]

You mean Zalgo?

Z̵̛̹̦͙̲̦̣̳͎͆̾ͤÃ̢͇̲̟̭͓͎͑̾̈́ͧͬ͐̋ͧͩ̿̆͐͜͢L̡̝̠̖͔̭͑ͩͭͨͨ͒̊̃̅ͪ̓̈́ͪ͐͛̚͝G̨̝̯̥̲̣̜̽̾̾͂̊̍̈́̀͌̏̿̎̈́̋̓͜͞Ǫ̷̵̵̣̣͔̖̦̩̤̹̭̦̔ͭ̓͒͛ͪͮͮ͐̄͊ͮ͆ͩ͑͆͛ͬ̾͜ exploits UNICODE combining characters (§2.11) to achieve the effect.

Begone evil text corrupter! Thou shalt burn in eternal damnation for practicing this black art!

 

[glenn1]

Begone evil text corrupter! Thou shalt burn in eternal damnation for practicing this black art!

CoMbInE ZaLgO wItH mIxEd UpPeR aNd LoWeR cAsE. +5 vOrPaL sWoRd TeXt aTtAcK iNfLiCtS 2d6 dAmAgE.


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[Ichinisan]

I made this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2242452

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Yeah, I remember it. Some user also had used it in the text next to their avatar. Don't remember who though.

That was me. Some mod didn't like it, however.

 

[Puppies04]

I̴̸͔͕̻̳̖͎̟ͧ̽͋̅̋ͬ͑ͨͨ͆̋ͯ́͛ͤͧ ͉̯̱͕͇̟̯͕̖͔̩͍̙͒ͤ̉ͥ̃̏͂̇͗̏͆ͥ̐̓͌̔̈̊͘h̶̛̗͓̜̭͕͖̳̓͐͂͊͊̈́͂ͮ̾́å̵̰̹͔͓̙̜̜̱͉̰̫̥̲͎̜̺̫̎͛͋͂͋ͦ̇̊ͧ͊ͅv̛̪̦͕̫ͣ͊̾̃̀e̮̠̩̮̩̺̹̞͉̩̬̬̼̽̓̽͂ͫͪ͂̔ͫ̚̕͡ͅ ̛͕̫̱͓̣͖ͥͧͭ͌́ͯ̄̈̅ͣͨ̀̚͠ͅǹ͖̬̟͙̘̥̪̫̹̻̺͕̜̲̼̭ͬ͒ͤ̓ͮͨ̓́͘̕o̥̣͔̯̯̤̲͈̩̭̟̿̊̅̋ͣͪ̆́͂̆̆̈̀̚͘͡ ̧̧̣͚̜̤̺͇͍̺̫͓͙̣͎̞̺͆̽̍̏͆̆̈́̑̒́̈̃͑ͮi̶̶͆ͥ̈́͑ͣͣͭ͆͌͗̊ͤͣ̆̿҉͓̩̳̬͠͝d̊̄̊̀̍ͮ̏͊͂ͨ̐̾̌͏҉̷͖͎̣͙̠͈̤̘̦̟͎͙̹̩̱̲̭̭ͅȇ̖͙͇͖̟͎͎̖͎͍̪̮͔̘͙͚̆̂͆ͩ̈́̔̉̀͗͑ͩͦ̃̀͆͊̚͠͞a̴̶̗̤͉̠̳̥̭̙̭̤̖̠̲͖̘̯̾̏ͨ͐̊̋̄́̄̈̋́̓ͭ̈́̍̕͝ ̸͇͔͓͇̠ͦ̓̂͐̈͌̀͂̇ͨͧ̂ͣͩ͂̾ͪ̿͞͡w̻̪̯͉͋ͩ͊̃͆͒͐̏͐ͭͩͭ̕͜͞͞h̸̴̰̪͓̻̻͈͚̬̜̥̳̘̺̩̘̗̅̍ͤ̏͗̑́a̵͐̽͛ͪ̀̊̔ͧ̿̓̄ͤ̅͋̚͞҉҉̨̖͉̬̟̣̯̩͇t̷̡̤͙̼͙͈̰̖͓͓̗̬̳̮͂ͥͮ͛͋ͬͮͥ͒͛͗͑ͪ̾́̈ͧ̀͜ͅ ̶͋̒͂̈́͗ͧ̓͒͗͢͡҉̲͔̼̙̤̪͎͍͇̞̟̪̪͞ÿ͂̀͑̇̕͟҉̮͔̯̻̭͉̮̮̝̭̙̗̝̙̱͔ò̷̡̡͉̹̱̓͋͌ͧ̎͆̂̓͘ͅu̢̞̣̼͍̬̲͈̣͉͉̱͓͓̹͖͍̇ͪ̐͌̀̆̓͛̓ͫ̿͟ͅ ̶̨̡̹̩͕͈͎͓̼͔̪̖͙̭̝̮̇͗̃ͦ̿̒͂̌̓̇͒̏͑̓͐̽͂ͥ̚͢ͅͅą̯̹̠̗͖͚̹̭͉͔ͣ̈́̒̃ͥ̋͒̅́̕̕͠ȓ͙̥͍̼̯͓̞̘̹̞̘͖̰̮̖ͭͭ̈́ͫ͗́͜͢͠ę̛̛͉̤͍̱̤͙͙̦͈͓̳͑̂̈͂̊́͑̿̈ͪ̂ͭ͒͂͘ͅͅ ̍̈̋́̾̉ͤ͊͂́͏̣̮̗͔̦̫͙̰̩̲̤̗͟l̡̉ͫ̋̎͑͐̽̾ͮͯ̊̆̔̊̐̍̈ͭ̀̀̀͏̠̺̙͈̘̹̼͕̪͍͓͕̻̰̼̜̱ơ̢̢̼̬̜͙̳̦̥̱̰̩̱̒̈͐ͨͭ͒̇͟͡o̶̧̫͓̬̭̣͖̭̘͇̘͙̠̖̜̳̱̠̳̍̂̽̿ͮ̈̋́ͣ̚͜͝k̴̷̡̳̼̻̻̳̝̟̻͈͇͑̆ͭ̄͑̓̅͆̅ͥ͠i̷̢̡̖̻͔͚͎͉̘͖̰̯̩̫̱̝̻̍ͤͧ̔́̓̌̀ͩͣͣͣ̐̃̓ͨ̎̀̕ͅn̽̍ͮͯͭͭ̆͗̈ͧ҉̵̲̜̪̗̟͙̗̝̯͈́g̴͙͙̲̥̻̱͊͒̓̍̍̊͆͟ ̷̧̻̯̪̻͈͍̀͌̈ͨ̍̉̀͝ḟ̷̣̬̼̘ͮ̍ͬ͆̃ͤ̄͆̈́͊o̔̅͗͒͆͛ͩ̂̀̐ͪ͗͠͡͏̥̖͉͈͙̱̝̮̀͟rͤ̆ͦͤ̋ͪ͛͏̸̸̛̱̫̯̼̫̘̥̖͠ ̵̶͈͍̖͈̰̖̜̜̱̣̩̯͉̮͈̼̩̝ͮ̇̋͋ͧ́̈́͒͂͒ͮ̊ͫͨ̈́̋͞

 

[Ichinisan]

I had it in my signature and location field for a long time.

 

[TheVrolok]

T̶̫̭̼̞͕̯̥̟̰͔͓̞͈͕̒̎̀̄̓͐͂ͨ̂̔͝h̛̊͌̋͐͑ͭͥͭ͠҉̫̱̪̹̟͘͜iͭ̔̃ͭ̂͊ͨ̍͊͆͋̽̑̒ͭ́҉͔̺͕̤̖̗̹̬͍̻̫̫͈̣͚͈̮̭́́s̴̛̪͎̯͉͚̣̗̺̤̦͋̍̍̾̇̎͋ͯ͡͠ ̷̢͉̼̹̯̗͕͈̻̩̝̠̯͔͙͗̈́ͩͧ̚i̡͈̘̭̺̩̯̼̲̤͈̪͖̣̩̻͍̖̱̋̓̈̉̿ͪ͆͒ͣ̉ͬ͐̕͟͠ͅs͒̊͛ͯ̂ͤ͐͑ͯ͑̿ͥ̌ͨ͂ͭ̔͜͏̨̨̲̼̠͎͔̳̜͚͚̳̼̰̣ ̦̹̠̞̺̙̦̮̤̺̬̘̣̣̯̳̪̆ͨ̈́̍ͬ͌͟͡ͅͅs̴̷̘̰͇̼̤̦̪̖ͭ̎ͪ̈́̍͒ͯ͋ͯ͛ͯͅǫ̛̳͚̥͚͇̱̳͍̻̠̞͎̖ͥ͒̓̅̄ͩͨ̌̀͠ͅ ̶͚̟̖̝͇̻̻̘̦͌̑̌̈͂́͑̄̔̎͒̈́̋̈͐ͬ͢ͅḑ̶̩̤̲̞͉̰̭̖̊̈́ͮ̾ͧ͑ͯ̄̿ͭ͊͟ͅṷ̶̶̧̳͙̯̦͉̣̤̯̗͍͍̰̰́ͨͥ̄̐͆ͩ͊̌̓̔͠͡m̧̨̝̩̦̱͔͚̲̥̰̮͍̫̪̱͇͔̼̝ͨ̀̄͑̾ͨͦ́͐̏͢͝ͅb̢̗̯͓͎̺̦̥͍̘̥̱͚̰͉̓ͫ̇̍͑̎ͯͪ̇̄̓̂͆́̚͢͡͡

 

[Rakehellion]

This character has covered a lot of my text.